The Philadelphia Phillies host the Houston Astros for Game 4 of the World Series on Wednesday 8:03 PM ET at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies have a 2-1 lead in the series. Philadelphia’s Aaron Nola starts against Houston’s Cristian Javier.
Here’s everything you need to know to place your MLB bets on this contest.
Phillies vs. Astros betting lines
- Favorite: Phillies (-110)
- Underdog: Astros (-109)
- Over/under: 7.5
Phillies betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Phillies betting info
- The Phillies have been favored on the moneyline 108 total times this season. They’ve finished 65-43 in those games.
- When it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -110 or shorter, Philadelphia has a 65-43 record (winning 60.2% of its games).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Phillies’ implied win probability is 52.4%.
- In the 177 games bookmakers have set an over/under for Philadelphia, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 90 times (90-81-6).
- The Phillies have a 93-84-0 record against the spread this season (covering 52.5% of the time).
Phillies hitting info
- Kyle Schwarber has a team-best 46 home runs and 94 runs batted in.
- Schwarber ranks second in home runs and 19th in RBI among all hitters in baseball.
- Schwarber heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with two home runs, seven walks and three RBI.
- J.T. Realmuto has 26 doubles, five triples, 22 home runs and 41 walks while batting .274.
- Realmuto currently ranks 54th in home runs and 33rd in RBI in the bigs.
- Rhys Hoskins has 33 doubles, two triples, 30 home runs and 72 walks while batting .246.
- Hoskins has safely hit in five straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .316 with four home runs, two walks and seven RBI.
- Alec Bohm is hitting .278 to pace his team.
- Bohm heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .167 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and three RBI.
Phillies pitching rankings
- The 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Phillies pitching staff ranks eighth in MLB.
- The Phillies have the 17th-ranked team ERA among all league pitching staffs (3.97).
- The Phillies average MLB’s 14th-ranked WHIP (1.255).
- The Phillies give up the fifth-fewest home runs in baseball (150 total, 0.9 per game).
- In their 7-0 win last time out they struck out seven Astros batters while allowing five hits.
Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Astros betting info
- This season, the Astros have been the underdog 24 times and won 12, or 50%, of those games.
- Houston is 12-12 this season when entering a game as the underdog by -109 or more on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 52.2% chance of a victory for the Astros.
- Houston and its opponents have hit the over in 63 of their 173 games with a total this season.
- The Astros have an ATS record of 91-82-0 in 173 games with a spread this season.
Astros hitting info
- Yordan Alvarez leads Houston in homers with 37 while also maintaining a team-best .306 batting average.
- Among all batters in the majors, Alvarez’s home run total is sixth, and his RBI total is 15th.
- Alex Bregman has collected 142 hits this season and has an OBP of .366. He’s slugging .454 on the year.
- Bregman currently ranks 49th in homers and 21st in RBI in the major leagues.
- Jose Altuve is slashing .298/.386/.531 this season for the Astros.
- Kyle Tucker leads Houston in runs batted in with 107 while batting .257 with 30 homers.
Astros pitching rankings
- The Astros average 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-most in the league.
- The Astros have pitched to a 2.88 ERA this season, which ranks second in baseball.
- The Astros have a combined WHIP of just 1.092 as a pitching staff, which is the second-best in baseball this season.
- The Astros have given up the second-fewest long balls so far this season with only 134 home runs allowed.
- They struck out 11 Phillies hitters while allowing seven base hits in a 7-0 loss last time out.
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